John P. Mateer

1829 - 1892  (62 years)

• Name	John P. Mateer
  Born	4 Sep 1829	, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jan 1892	Mt. Gilead, Ohio
  Person ID	I7498	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	William Nesbit Mateer,   b. Aft 5 Feb 1803, , Pennsylvania ,   d. 1837, , Ohio  (Age < 33 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Porter,   b. Abt 1795, , Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F2827	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann McClarren,   b. Abt 1835, , Ohio ,   d. 20 Jan 1915, Mt. Gilead, Ohio  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	9 Jun 1856	, Morrow, Ohio
  Children	1. William N. Mateer,   b. 12 Sep 1857, , Ohio ,   d. 29 Mar 1893, , Morrow, Ohio  (Age 35 years)   2. Robert W. Mateer,   b. Abt 1859, , Ohio ,   d. 18 Mar 1935  (Age ~ 76 years)   3. Clara Della Mateer,   b. 6 Apr 1861, , Ohio ,   d. 11 Oct 1885, , Morrow, Ohio  (Age 24 years)   4. Margaret J. Mateer,   b. Abt 1863   5. Frank R. Mateer,   b. Abt 1865, , Ohio ,   d. 1920/1925  (Age ~ 60 years)   6. Charles H. Mateer,   b. Abt 1866, , Ohio   7. James E. Mateer,   b. 1867/1868, Mt. Gilead, Ohio   8. John P. Mateer,   b. Abt 1869, , Ohio ,   d. 1958  (Age ~ 89 years)   9. Laura B. Mateer,   b. 1870, , Ohio ,   d. 1958  (Age 88 years) + 10. Tolla Burr Mateer,   b. 1872, , Ohio ,   d. 19 Dec 1950  (Age 78 years)   11. Caroline E. Mateer,   b. 25 Jul 1873, , Ohio ,   d. 29 Mar 1891  (Age 17 years)   12. Mary A. Mateer,   b. 1876, , Ohio ,   d. 1943  (Age 67 years)   13. Arthur R. Mateer,   b. Abt 1877,   d. Bef 1892  (Age ~ 14 years)
  Family ID	F3027	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Sep 1829 - , Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  John P. Mateer was Ruling Elder of the Presbyterian Church in Mt. Gilead 1870 to 1880. The will of John P. Mateer, written 9 July 1891, bequeathed all property to his wife, S. A. Mateer, her lifetime or during her widowhood, forgave the debts of son William, and left his watch to son Frank "unless he already has one", then the watch to go to the testator's wife. Executor: son Robert and he also "to be my successor as Executor of the estate of Robert McClarren Sr., deceased." Witnesses: John W. Cook, Ross N. Mateer. The will of Sarah A. Mateer of Gilead Township, written 12 December 1907, probated 13 May 1915, bequeathed all her estate to her son John P. Mateer and to her daughter Laura B. Mateer, in consideration of services rendered in old age and sickness. Executor: son T. B. Mateer, Witnesses: Budd Bakes, W. C. McFarland. The will of John P. Mateer Jr., written 18 January 1916, probated 8 April 1920, bequeathed all property both real and personal to his sister Laura B. Mateer.Executrix: sister Laura who was to serve without bond. Witnesses: T. B. Mateer, Annis J. Pollock. The will of T. B. Mateer of Mt. Gilead, written 17 November 1950, probated 29 December 1950, bequeathed "in consideration of love and care for her mother, sister and two brothers, and also in my home the past five years" to sister Laura B. Mateer for her lifetime all property both real and personal; to his stenographer, Maud Cooper, $100; to his nephew Lloyd Mateer of Mt. Gilead, $100 and he to be Executor; at Laura's death the estate to go to son-in-law Albert B. Sandra Jean Schuff. The Schuffs were then living in Phoenix, Arizona. Witnesses: Edna Denman, Dorothy Mateer. In addition to the wills the Morrow County Probate Records have a listing of next of kin for John P. Mateer Sr. in 1892, for Sarah A. Mateer in 1915, for John P. Mateer Jr. in 1920; and for R. W. Mateer in 1935. Comparison and correlation of these lists, together with the 1880 census of Mt. Gilead, local cemetery records and Morrow County Death Records provide a list of thirteen children of John P. and Sarah Ann (McClarren) Mateer. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 101-102.